This Day in WCW History: WCW World War 3 1998 Took Place in Auburn Hills, Michigan

WCW World War 3 Advert [November 22nd, 1998]These were always some of my favorite PPVs due to how absolutely ridiculous they were. We all knew that only the main event players would win the monsterous 60-Man Battle Royal but pretty near everyone on the roster would compete, making this the only time certain people ever made it onto a WCW PPV.

Plus, I loved how there was no count-down to see which wrestler would be the next entrant like in a Royal Rumble as all sixty men entered the ring at the beginning of the match. No fanfare. No individual entrance themes. No pyro. Just Diamond Dallas Page walking to the ring, sandwiched in between Villiano V and some karate guy that Goldberg beat around sixty-eight times.

Unlike the first year of the WCW World War 3 PPV, the winner of the 60-man battle royal didn’t automatically receive the WCW World Heavyweight Championship belt. Instead, the guarantee of a title match against the champion was on the line, and this would be the bout that led to the infamous main event of Starrcade 1998 that involved cattle prods and other nWo goofiness.

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